ISBN: 9781443231183

Excerpt: ... next night was one of the most trying of the week. As we came down to dinner we all had visions of the destruction of Louvain, and the burning of the famous library. It is ha… More...

Excerpt: ... next night was one of the most trying of the week. As we came down to dinner we all had visions of the destruction of Louvain, and the burning of the famous library. It is hard enough to think of lives going out; still, as the Doctor was so fond of saying, man is born to die, and woman, too, but that the great works of men, his bequest to the coming generations, should be wantonly destroyed, seemed even more horrible, especially to those who love beauty, and the idea of the charred leaves of the library flying in the air above the historic city of catholic culture, made us all feel as if we were sitting down to a funeral service rather than a very good dinner. 136 Matters were not made any gayer because Ang Mildred Aldrich, Books, Fiction and Literature, Told In A French Garden Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Romance / General; Fiction / Romance / Historical; Fiction / Short Stories;<

ISBN: 9781443231183

Excerpt: ... next night was one of the most trying of the week. As we came down to dinner we all had visions of the destruction of Louvain, and the burning of the famous library. It is ha… More...

Excerpt: ... next night was one of the most trying of the week. As we came down to dinner we all had visions of the destruction of Louvain, and the burning of the famous library. It is hard enough to think of lives going out; still, as the Doctor was so fond of saying, man is born to die, and woman, too, but that the great works of men, his bequest to the coming generations, should be wantonly destroyed, seemed even more horrible, especially to those who love beauty, and the idea of the charred leaves of the library flying in the air above the historic city of catholic culture, made us all feel as if we were sitting down to a funeral service rather than a very good dinner. 136 Matters were not made any gayer because Ang Mildred Aldrich, Books, Fiction and Literature, Told In A French Garden Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781443231183

9 stories from a 'party of unattached people' against the background of the opening year of the Great War Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ General Told-in-a-French-Garden~~Mildred-Aldrich General… More...

9 stories from a 'party of unattached people' against the background of the opening year of the Great War Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ General Told-in-a-French-Garden~~Mildred-Aldrich General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Romance / General; Fiction / Romance / Historical; Fiction / Short Stories;<

2013, ISBN: 1443231185

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